DRAMATIS PERSONÆ } KING HENRY the Fifth. brothers to the King. JAMY, officers in King Henry's army. ISABEL, Queen of France. now married to Pistol. Lords, Ladies, Officers, Soldiers, Citizens, Messengers, and Attendants. Chorus. SCENE : England ; afterwards France. DURATION OF TIME Dramatic Time. -Ten days with intervals (P. A. Daniel, “Time Analysis,' Trans. N. Sh. Soc., 1877-79, p. 290 f.). Day 1. I. 1., 2. Interval. 2. II. 1. Interval. II. 4. Interval [? in the interval, III. 4].? Interval. Interval. Interval. IV. I.-8. Interval. 8. III. 7. Historic Time. --From 1414, the year after Henry's accession, to May 20, 1420, the date of his betrothal. Of this, five years (1415-20) pass between days 8 and 10. i Daniel assigns this scene to Act III. (the princess's English lesson) 2 This appears to be on the to the time between the French morrow of St. David's Day, king's offer of her hand to i.e. March 2; hence after the Henry and his rejection of it,- battle, and before the betrothal both referred to in the Chorus (v. 2.). |